The Karaikal Government Hospital recently performed its first total knee replacement surgery on a 58-year-old woman who had been suffering from severe osteoarthritis in her left knee for over five years. In grade 4 OA, the protective cartilage in the knee joint has completely eroded, leading to bone-on-bone contact, causing significant pain and making it nearly impossible for the patient …
After 15 years of disability and limping, a 55-year-old woman from Nedungadu commune has found relief thanks to the Karaikal Government Hospital, where she underwent hip replacement surgery. N. Arul Kumar, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma at Jipmer-Karaikal, who headed the surgery team, said the patient visited Karaikal hospital a month ago. S. Kannagi, Medical Superintendent of the Government …
A 50-year-old daily wage worker from a village located in Tirunallar commune fell from a height of 20 feet while climbing up a palm tree a week ago and broke his thigh bone and spine. It was the first ever spine surgery done at the hospital, said S. Kannagi, Medical Superintendent of the hospital. Within a few hours of admission, …
Leader of the Opposition and AINRC founder N. Rangasamy on Sunday charged the Narayanasamy-headed Congress government in the Union Territory with totally ignoring the development of Karaikal. He said the Congress government had not evolved any scheme for the region in the last three years. Canvassing for the AINRC nominee K. Narayanasamy in Karaikal, he said that not a single …